MEDINAH, Ill. — Brandt Snedeker is earnestly polite, and he could pass for Opie Taylor's big brother with his reddish-blond hair and sunny smile. Do not be fooled.

Put Snedeker on a golf course, and he's got an edge the X-Games set would respect. He dishes it right back when Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods give him grief — "I want to make sure they don't get a hall pass" — and he's as competitive as they come. After three top-10 finishes in the last six weeks, including his monster win at the Tour Championship last weekend, he sees no reason why he can't make a run at No. 1 in the world.

"People might think that's crazy talk, but I don't," Snedeker said Wednesday. "After the way I played the last six weeks, I think I proved that I can do that."

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